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ARC Federation Fellowships: 2008 funding round at a glance
Federation Fellows announced in this round
Fourteen researchers will be awarded Federation Fellowships in this round, as follows:
| Returning Australians | 1 | (7%) |
| Foreign Nationals | 2 | (14%) |
| Netherlands x 1 | ||
| USA x1 | ||
| Resident Australians | 11 | (79%) |
Discipline groupings
Although a number of the Federation Fellows announced in this round will conduct research that fits within particular ARC discipline groupings, many will conduct research that overlaps two or three discipline groupings. In broad terms, their research fits into the following groupings:
| Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | 4 | (29%) |
| Engineering and Environmental Sciences | 2 | (14%) |
| Humanities and Creative Arts | 0 | ( 0%) |
| Mathematics, Information and Communication Sciences | 2 | (14%) |
| Physics, Chemistry and Geoscience | 4 | (29%) |
| Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences | 2 | (14%) |
Federation Fellows by host organisation
| Host organisation | Researcher |
|---|---|
| CSIRO - Australia Telescope National Facility | Dr Christopher Carilli |
| Curtin University of Technology | Professor Dr Peter Teunissen |
| Flinders University | Professor Frances Baum |
| James Cook University | Professor Michael Bird |
| Monash University | Associate Professor Trevor Lithgow Dr James Whisstock |
| The Australian National University | Professor John Dryzek Professor Michael Eastwood |
| The University of Adelaide | Professor Tanya Monro |
| The University of New South Wales | Professor Brett Neilan Professor Michelle Simmons * Professor Aibing Yu |
| The University of Queensland | Professor Gaoqing (Max) Lu * |
| The University of Sydney | Professor Peter Robinson * |
* Denotes second Federation Fellowship.
Years since award of PhD
The ARC encourages applications from early- to mid-career researchers who could play a leadership role in building Australia’s internationally competitive research capacity. The amount of time since each Federation Fellow announced in this round completed a PhD is:
| 0-15 years | 5 | (36%) |
| 16-20 years | 5 | (36%) |
| 21/+ years | 4 | (29%) |
Age distribution
Of the Federation Fellows in this round, 10 are under 50 years of age, as follows
| < 40 years | 2 | (14%) |
| 40-49 years | 8 | (57%) |
| 50-59 years | 4 | (29%) |
22/4/08
